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Thanks Brian for your continued support of the FTA hobby,

Wayne, thank you for your efforts. Bruce

0.4mm = .0157" or slightly thicker than tin foil.

To bad he went political in episode 7, and he decided that only the marines were in Vietnam, and only the portion of Vietnam north of Saigon counted. Other than that it's not too bad.

It's only a very well built 15 footer. It really looks good. Good job.

Must have something to do with the area. My UPS, FedEx, and USPS appear to have a work ethic, and do a good job. Bruce

Made me think a little bit, and change some of the ways I did things. Like it just fine now. Bruce

Peter, I did it the other way around. Spent the first 22 years of my 'adult' life chasing electrons, the last 20 years as a machinist etc. Wonder what I'll try next :-).

Peter, I didn't take it as cheeky. I reran the formula's a couple of times as I wasn't sure I believed it at first. I was amazed at how much more surface area there was when I was checking 10 foot vs 12 Buds. The gain in surface area is not that dramatic at at the 10' size, but still quite a...

Pi*R^2 (pi times radius squared) for area of a circle. 1 meter= 39.37" = 3.28' 3.28' / 2 = 1.64' radius 1.64 * 1.64 * 3.14 = 8.445 Sq. Feet .75 meters = 29.53" = 2.46' 2.46 / 2 = 1.23' radius 1.23 * 1.23 * 3.14 = 4.75 Sq. Feet or in metric 1 meter / 2 = .5 meter radius .5 * .5 * 3.14...

A .75 meter dish has aprox. 4.75 Sq. Ft. of surface area to reflect the signal to the LNBF, a 1 meter dish has aprox. 8.45 Sq. Ft. of surface area. (If I did the math right).

Mike helped me figure out what I needed for my C/Ku system and got all the bits and pieces shipped to me. Thanks Mike. It works well, the hardest part was setting the pole in this SW Colorado clay. Took a couple of days to dig the hole. Bruce